Benin
Electricity generation by source · TWh
2024
1 TWh- Coal generation · #84 of 203 0 0%
- Other fossil generation · #128 of 205 0.2 23.8%
- Gas generation · #100 of 202 0.7 72.3%
- Nuclear generation · #33 of 200 0 0%
- Hydro generation · #152 of 204 0 0%
- Solar generation · #132 of 205 0 4%
- Bioenergy generation · #124 of 205 0 0%
- Wind generation · #109 of 203 0 0%
- Other renewables generation · #28 of 182 0 0%
Since 2000
Table · 25 years, TWh
| Year | Coal generation | Other fossil generation | Gas generation | Nuclear generation | Hydro generation | Solar generation | Bioenergy generation | Wind generation | Other renewables generation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
p = provisional. — = the source printed no value for that year.
Electricity generated in the year, by the fuel or technology that generated it (Ember). The nine sources sum to total generation; net imports are not generation and are not in the mix.
Source: Ember — Yearly Electricity Data · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved as 2026-11-11
Ember (2026), Yearly Electricity Data, ember-energy.org, CC BY 4.0.
Indicators · as of 11 Nov 2026
- Bioenergy capacity0 GW2024 · #108 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Coal capacity0 GW2024 · #73 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity demand2.3 TWh2024 · #149 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity net imports1.3 TWh2024 · #45 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Gas capacity0.1 GW2024 · #108 of 202 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Hydro capacity0 GW2024 · #139 of 204 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Nuclear capacity0 GW2024 · #32 of 200 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other fossil capacity0.2 GW2024 · #102 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other renewables capacity0 GW2024 · #28 of 182 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power sector emissions0.6 MtCO2e2024 · #143 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power emissions intensity579.2 gCO2e/kWh2024 · #62 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Solar capacity0 GW2024 · #129 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total capacity0.3 GW2024 · #148 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total generation1 TWh2024 · #155 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Wind capacity0 GW2024 · #97 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11